Historical Markers in Texas

Hix Ranch House, 1870

Architecture·Bandera County·Texas

Built for Fabian L. Hicks, a county official and Texas Ranger who styled it after his family home in North Carolina. Building is stone and cypress wood off ranch. Hardware came by ox wagon from San Antonio. This replaced log cabin family occupied in 1855. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

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29.7850, -99.1689

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